Back-band hook



(No Model.)

0. W. ONEAL.

BACK BAND HOOK.

fatentedJ une 17, 1884."

INVENTOR fl/fiwz D W WITNESSES CHARLES IVILLIAM ONEAL, OF HENDERSONSCROSS-ROADS, TENNESSEE.

BACK-BAND'HOOK.

' PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,632, dated June17, 1884.

Application filed March 26, 1884. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES IV. ONEAL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hendersons Cross-Roads, in the county of Wilson and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBack-Band Hooks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains lSOdIlZlkB and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a front view of my device with a portion ofa buckle and chain attached. Fig. 2 is a front view of a portion of thebuckle-plate. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same with a portion of theback strap and chain applied, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal verticalsectional View of the same.

This invention has relation to improvements in tug-loops ortrace-carriers; and it consists in the construction and novelarrangement of devices, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the flatcarrierplate, and B the back-band, to which it is designed to beattached. The upper end of the plate is formed with two parallel slots,0 and D, which eX- tend transversely the breadth of the backhand, andare designed to receive and engage the same. The upper slot, 0, has itsteeth E on the inside of the plate, and the backs of the teeth arebeveled downward and inward in the slot-off1set K,

to their points. Thelower margin of this slot is beveled downward andinward, parallel, or nearly so, to the backs of the teeth. IVhen theback-band is to be inserted through this slot from the inside of theplate it is directed upward, and there is brought down and passed upwardand backward through the lower slot, I), the teeth F, which are on theoutside.

The backs of the teeth F are beveled downward and outward, and the lowermargin of I the slot D is also beveled downward and outward parallel ornearly parallel to the backs of the teeth. Then the plate is in positionon the back-band, it hangs downward on the outside thereof, and issecurely fastened to the band by-the cramping action of the teeth I andthe beveled margins of the slots. 1

Cr represents a vertical longitudinal looplug, which'is formed on theface of the plate below the slots 0 and D. Through this lug is formedthe vertically elongated opening or offset K, which extends transverselyof the plate. The upper portion, I, of this opening is expanded incircular form, as shown,'and the diametrie width of this portion is alittle .more than the width of the chain-link L, it

being designed to allow the chain to pass freely through this portionbackward and forward, and to be turned with facility therein. From theexpanded upper portion, I, of this opening extends downward theslot-offset K, which is straight and narrow, its width beingbut littlemore than that of the thickness of the chainlink and much less than thebreadth thereof.

Then the trace-chain has been passed through the loop-lug and properlyadjusted with relation to the back-band, a link of the chain is turnedin the expanded portion of the openingIuntil its planeis vertical, anditis dropped whereby it is held in position, and, on account of theadjacent links, cannot move backward or forward.

I am aware that a back-band loop has been constructed in which thebucklcplate has parallel slots with beveled biting-edges, and a lateralprojection having a T-slot, the new row or lower portion of which is ofV form, and the upper portion rectangular, and therefore do not claimsuch construction, broadly.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

As an improved article of manufacture, the trace-carrier described,consisting of the plate A, having the transverse parallel slots 0 and Dnear its upper end, provided with the teeth E and F onopposite sides, asshown, below the said slots a loop -lug, G, which tapers downwardly onits outer walls, having its upper portion provided with a transversecircular opening, and beneath the said opening a straight narrowvertical offset, K, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. WILLIAM ONEAL.

lVitnesses: I

T. 0. WHEELER, M. A. THOMPSON.

